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Bill AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS. This Act authorizes the distribution of testing strips to determine the presence of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances. Fentanyl testing strips could be distributed to the community along with opioid overdose reversal medication as a harm reduction strategy in the opioid addiction crisis. A number of states have authorized fentanyl testing strips distribution in recent years including Maryland, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Twenty-seven states currently provide fentanyl testing strips through needle exchange programs. us/states/de Delaware General Assembly 151 SB 76 Delaware SB 76 (151)
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Laura V. Sturgeon
Sarah McBride
Stephanie L. Hansen
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Delaware SB 76 (151) — AN ACT TO AMEND TITLE 16 OF THE DELAWARE CODE RELATING TO FENTANYL TESTING STRIPS.

This Act authorizes the distribution of testing strips to determine the presence of fentanyl or fentanyl-related substances. Fentanyl testing strips could be distributed to the community along with opioid overdose reversal medication as a harm reduction strategy in the opioid addiction crisis. A number of states have authorized fentanyl testing strips distribution in recent years including Maryland, Rhode Island, the District of Columbia, and North Carolina. Twenty-seven states currently provide fentanyl testing strips through needle exchange programs.

Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

  1. Bill Text (committee substitute) — source

Votes

  • SM — 400 (pass) · lower
  • SM — 210 (pass) · upper

Sponsors

  • Bryan Townsend — primary (person)
  • David Bentz — primary (person)
  • Laura V. Sturgeon — primary (person)
  • Sarah McBride — primary (person)
  • Stephanie L. Hansen — primary (person)
  • Bruce C. Ennis — cosponsor (person)
  • Dave G. Lawson — cosponsor (person)
  • David P. Sokola — cosponsor (person)
  • Eric Morrison — cosponsor (person)
  • John L. Mitchell — cosponsor (person)
  • Kyle Evans Gay — cosponsor (person)
  • Larry Lambert — cosponsor (person)
  • Madinah Wilson-Anton — cosponsor (person)
  • Marie Pinkney — cosponsor (person)
  • Michael Ramone — cosponsor (person)
  • Paul S. Baumbach — cosponsor (person)
  • Ruth Briggs King — cosponsor (person)
  • S. Elizabeth Lockman — cosponsor (person)
  • Spiros Mantzavinos — cosponsor (person)
  • Trey Paradee — cosponsor (person)

Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

  • 2021-03-04 Introduced and Assigned to Health & Social Services Committee in Senate introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-17 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Social Services) in Senate with 5 Favorable committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-03-23 Passed By Senate. Votes: 21 YES passage
  • 2021-03-24 Assigned to Health & Human Development Committee in House introduction, referral-committee
  • 2021-03-31 Reported Out of Committee (Health & Human Development) in House with 8 Favorable, 6 On Its Merits committee-passage, committee-passage-favorable
  • 2021-04-16 Suspension of Rules in House
  • 2021-04-22 Passed By House. Votes: 40 YES 1 ABSENT passage
  • 2021-06-03 Signed by Governor executive-signature

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/d85abf5f-969b-41ad-8842-e8aad1d9a2a1. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Delaware legislature records).